The Union Home Ministry has approved financial assistance of Rs. 971.97 crores for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Both states suffered damage due to natural disasters.
Himachal Pradesh has been allocated Rs. 633.73 crores and Rs. 338.24 crores has been allotted to Gujarat.
In a press release statement, the MHA stated, “An amount of Rs. 200.00 crore was also released in advance from NDRF in August 2023 to help Himachal Pradesh in managing immediate relief operations. Central Government had earlier released the 1st instalment of its share amounting to Rs. 584 crore to the SDRF in Gujarat, and both instalments of its share to SDRF in Himachal Pradesh of Rs. 360.80 crore”.
Previously, the centre released the first instalment of its share amounting to Rs. 584 crore to the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), the press release further states, adding, “In the aftermath of floods, cloudbursts, and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, pursuing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s approach of providing swift relief to the affected, an Inter- Ministerial Central Team for assessment of the damages was deputed without waiting for the Memorandum from the State Government.”
Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, and Himachal Pradesh's Chamba districts had severe impacts. Extensive damage has been inflicted upon agricultural and horticultural lands as a result of multiple perilous landslides and flooding.
In June, this year, Cyclone Biparjoy wreaked havoc in the regions of Gujarat’s Kutch and Saurashtra, causing widespread destruction.
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